BNA_Daily | October 26, 2009
Recently the National Book Award Finalists were announced, including five titles in the the Young People’s Literature category. Three biographies and two works of fiction make up the list, and we’ve combined review quotes and brief synopses to introduce you to each title. Which book do you think is the strongest, and what do you [...]
BNA_Daily | October 21, 2009
In keeping with Teen Read Week, today’s news centers around the YA world, with a disproportionate number of John Green references.what can we say, this self-proclaimed nerd is extremely popular!
Is David Small’s Stitches a young adult book? Lots of people have been asking this question since the National Book Award finalists were announced, and John [...]
thomas_b | October 20, 2009
Sure, it’s TEEN Read Week, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t also use this time to promote great books and reading to children who are going to be teens eventually. If your child or tween wants to find some engaging reading material for the Halloween season, but they’re not quite ready to venture into [...]
BNA_Daily | October 20, 2009
Move over Bella! Readers are falling for Katniss and Fire, the heroines of two current bestsellers that aren’t afraid to fight (in some cases, to the death) for what they believe in. In honor of Teen Read Week, we wanted to highlight these young women and the exciting novels they star in. Chances are, you [...]
thomas_b | October 19, 2009
Do you know a teenager who needs to be dragged away from his Twitter feed and dragged into a local library? Are you a teen yourself who needs to figure out something new to read now that Bella and Edward’s adventures are through? Well, this is the PERFECT time of the year to re-introduce an [...]
